Energy & Commodities · Guyana
Key Facts
—The meeting. A high-level United States business delegation met Guyana’s Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill, this week to discuss building an alumina refinery in the Berbice region, alongside glass, steel and infrastructure work.
—The visitor. The group included Atlantic Alumina, known as ATALCO, the last operating alumina refinery in the United States, plus US Embassy commercial officers and the industrial firm Advanced Manufacturing Growth Partners.
—The backdrop. Guyana mines bauxite but exports only the raw ore; the government floated a Berbice refinery and petrochemical complex on June 5, tied to new power capacity.
